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About Aquarius ►
Aquarius is a focused effort to measure Sea Surface Salinity and will provide the global view of salinity variability needed for climate studies. The mission is a collaboration between NASA and the Space Agency of Argentina (Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales). MORE >>
 
Global SSS from Aquarius
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First Aquarius Maps

Aquarius has produced its first maps of global ocean salinity. These preliminary (Version 1.3) data contain uncertainties and, over time, will be updated as further calibration and validation work are completed. MORE >>
Mission Status & Events ►
See where Aquarius is now!
[14-May-12] Materials from the 7th Aquarius/SAC-D Science Meeting have been put online here.
[21-Feb-12] PO.DAAC has released its new, interactive Aquarius Level 3 image browser. MORE >>
 
News Items ►
[Spring 2012] NASA's "Ask" Magazine reports on the development of the satellite from the perspective of Luis Genovese, Project Manager for the Aquarius/SAC-D observatory.
[27-Apr-12] The New York Times mentions Aquarius in a story about research on the links between global warming and intensification of the water cycle.
 
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